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Comparison Between JAK Inhibitors and Traditional Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT07272850 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2025-12-09

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Summary

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects about 1% of the world's population \[1\]. The disease is characterized by synovial membrane inflammation. The impact of RA on quality of life is significant, as it can lead to considerable disability, reduced mobility, and an increased risk of additional health complications \[2\].

CsDMARDs are the first-line drugs for RA treatment, of which methotrexate (MTX) is the cornerstone drug and monotherapy is recommended as the first choice (3).

However, previous studies had shown that 50% of RA patients had poor treatment effect on methotrexate or inadequate response to re-medication after relapse, resulting in drug resistance (4), resulting in no significant relief of symptoms and still high disease activity. EULAR had indicated that interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor inhibitors and JAK inhibitors may have advantages over other biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) in patients who were not suitable for csDMARDs (5) Therefore, JAK inhibitors is used as monotherapy or combination therapy, which would provide a new strategy for clinical treatment. A few researches evaluated the relationship between PLT, RBC, Hb, red blood cells-platelet ratio (RPR), and the hemoglobin-platelet ratio (HPR) and RA disease activity. There is growing evidence that metrics like RDW and MPV, as well as the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and others have been considered to be accurate, reliable inflammatory biomarkers in autoimmune illnesses\[6,7\] US has proven itself to be a useful imaging method for assessing articular and periarticular inflammation in small and large joints throughout the last years High resolution musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS), incorporating power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS), has demonstrated to be significantly more accurate than clinical evaluation in visualizing the inflammatory process. Furthermore, relatively few studies have examined ankle joint involvement in individuals with RA who lack symptoms \[8\].

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

JAK inhibitors and traditional treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Type of the study: * cross sectional study * two groups (1)rheumatoid arthritis receiving JAK inhibitors . (2) rheumatoid arthritis receiving traditional treatement 2.4. 2- Study Setting: Internal medicine department ,out patient rheumatology clinics of assuit university hospitals 2.4.3- study duration : October 2025 to October 2026 2.4. 4- Study subjects: 1. Inclusion criteria: * RA patients based on the 2010 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) classifcation criteria for RA. * Age; 18-60 2. Exclusion criteria: * the presence of other autoimmune diseases (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus or psoriatic arthritis), * history of active infections, malignancy, or chronic diseases affecting hematological * parameters (e.g., anemia unrelated to RA, chronic kidney disease) * RA patients in remission * pregnant and lactating female patients 3. Sample Size Calculation Based on determining the main outcome variable, the estimated

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assiut University

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-12-20
Primary Completion
2026-06-20
Completion
2026-10-20

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